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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM F. GROVES, 0F MARIETTA, GEORGIA.

COTTON-GIN HOUSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,687, dated April 8,1884.

Application filed February 23, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom may concern.-

Be'it known that I, WILLrnu F. GRovEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marietta, in the county of Cobb and Sta-te of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in CottoirGin Houses, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had thereintothe accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to gin-houses for cotton; and the object I havein View is to provide a house which will be re-proof, and adapted tocontain a gin and press, if so desired, and havingeonnected therewithatramway and train for supplying cotton to the gin from an adjacentbuilding, as will be hereinafter more particularly set forth.

The accompanying drawing, which makes a part of this specification, is alongitudinal vertical section, in which- A represents the house, theframe of which consists of a suitable number of vertical and horizontalscantlings framed together at proper intervals in a strong and durablemanner. This house is provided with three or more doors, I) I) and F.The frame (as well as the doors) is lined with sheet metal, and isprovided with a sheet-metal top, E, in order to malte it fire-proof. Thecotton-gin and also a cotton press are located in this house. .Thepress, however, may be located elsewhere, if desirable. The power fordriving the gin is located outside of the house, and a shaft, Z, runsfrom said power into the house for that purpose, and to operate suchother mechanism as may be necessary.

m represents a shaft located near the top of the house, and which runsparallel with the shaft- Z.

L represents a pulley on shaft l', and k a pul ley on the shaft m. Aband, J, passes around Upon shaft m is a windlass, lo', around which arope or chain, a, of suitable length, is passed. One end of this rope isconnected to the windlass and the other to a tram or car, I.

G represents a tramway, which leads from the house where the crudecotton is stored to the ginfhouse. The trani I runs upon this way andconveys the cotton up and through the upper door, F. The cotton isdumped from this tram, as seen, the fore wheels of the tram passing overand beyond the end of the way, so that its forward end drops to such anangle or position as will allow the cotton to pass from it. The windlasslifts the forward end to the tramway again. A clutch and loose pulleyare used upon the shaft m, to allow the tram to descend and then to drawit up again.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A ginhouse frame constructed substantially as described, lined withsheet metal, and having,` metal doors and metal top to make the sainelire-proof, in combination with a tramway both within and without thehouse, and passing through one of the doors of the same, and adapted tocarry a car operated by mechanism Within the said gin-house,substantially as described.

2. VVindlass k', located within the gin-house, and provided with a cordor chain, a, in combination with the tram I and its Way G, constructedand operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. GROVES.

Wit-nesses:

G. L. DANIELL, W. A. MCGREA.

